1And it was in the night that Abram was born, that all the servants of

2And when all the wise men and conjurors went out from the house of Terah,

3And all the wise men of the king and his conjurors were astonished at the

4And they said to each other, This only betokens the child that has been

5And the wise men and conjurors went home that night, and in the morning all

6And they spoke and said to each other, Behold the sight that we saw last

7And should this thing get known to the king in the latter days, he will say

8And they did so, and they all went to the king and bowed down to him to the

9We heard that a son was born to Terah the son of Nahor, the prince of thy

10And when thy servants went out from the house of Terah, to go to our

11And thy servants were astonished at the sight which we saw, and were

12And now our lord and king, behold we have truly acquainted thee with what

13If it seemeth good to the king to give his father value for this child, we

14And the king heard their words and they seemed good in his sight, and he

15And the king said to Terah, I have been told that a son was yesternight

16And now therefore give me the child, that we may slay him before his evil

17And Terah answered the king and said to him: My Lord and king, I have

18But my lord and king, I will tell thee what happened to me yesternight,

19And Terah said to the king, Ayon, son of Mored, came to me yesternight,

20Give unto me the great and beautiful horse that the king gave thee, and I

21And now my lord and king, behold I have made this thing known to thee, and

22And the king heard the words of Terah, and his anger was kindled and he

23And the king answered Terah, and he said to him, Art thou so silly,

24Art thou so short of silver and gold, that thou shouldst do this thing,

25And the king left off speaking, and Terah answered the king, saying, Like

26I beseech thee, my lord and king, what is this which thou didst say unto

27And when the king heard the words of Terah, and the parable which he

28And Terah saw that the anger of the king was kindled against him, and he

29And the king said to Terah, No, but I will purchase thy younger son for a

30And Terah answered the king, saying, I beseech thee my lord and king to

31And the king hearkened to Terah, and he did so and he gave him three days'

32And it was in the third day that the king sent to Terah, saying, Send me

33And Terah hastened, (as the thing was urgent from the king), and he took a

34And the Lord was with Terah in this matter, that Nimrod might not cause

35And Terah took Abram his son secretly, together with his mother and nurse,

36And the Lord was with Abram in the cave and he grew up, and Abram was in

Chapter 8

The Wise Men of Nimrod, by their Divination, Foretell the Evil that